University of Maine at Portland - Reflection / Umpire Yearbook (Portland, ME)

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STRATION Dr. Henry Austin Peck, Vice-Presi- dent for Academic Affairs of the University of Maine, is currently devoting substantial time and effort to insure that our new building will be ready for the surge of stu- dents expected in Septethber 1965. Dr. Peck has worked closely with the UMP faculty, the architects, and other members of the Univer- sity administration to meet the needs for a vastly expanded library, numerous faculty ofEces, seminar rooms, large classrooms, and a lec- ture hall of more than double the size of the third-Hoor lecture hall in the Payson Smith building. The Director of Undergraduate Studies, Mr. William L. Whiting, is the administrative head of the full-time under- graduate student body at the Portland Campus. Mr. Whit- ing sees that the quality of undergraduate education meets every standard set by Crane and that college life at UMP provides the full values of a university education.

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Dean Edward S. Godfrey has de- veloped a graduate School of Law which meets every professional ac- crediting standard. Located at 68 High Street, Portland, the School of Law possesses a carefully chosen professional faculty and a superb library of more than 30,000 vol- umes. Dr. Lloyd Hartman Elliott, who became President of the University of Maine in 1958, has played the leading role in the development of the Portland Campus. Under Dr. Elliotfs presidency Payson Smith Hall has been opened, a four-year curriculum in business administra- tion has been established, the graduate School of Law has be- come a part of the University of Maine, the Continuing Education Division has been organized, the faculty and library facilities have been greatly expanded, and anoth- er new building has been author- ized to meet the needs of the 1,000 fuII-h'me students expected in the Undergraduate Division on the Portland Campus.

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John M. Blake, Associate Director for Continuing Edu- cation, stands before a map indicating the location of the 21 centers at which the University offers evening or Saturday courses. Almost 3,000 students from all 14 counties of Maine, together with a few from New Hampshire and New Brunswick, were enrolled in such courses during each semester this year. 4'Walter P Fridinger, Assistant Director of Continuing Education, is in charge of the CED program at the Port- land Campus, where more than 1,250 individuals attend evening or Saturday classes each semester. A large proportion of the juniors and seniors in the Day Division of UMP complete requirements for degrees by taking one or more evening or Saturday courses to sup- plement the curriculum available during the day. Pictured with Mr. Fridinger is his secretary, Mrs. Cath- erine LaHin.